For those you have signed for a goodreads.com account, you would have received their monthly newsletter. Incidentally, my favourite author of all time is featured. He is none other than Neil Gaiman.
Best known for his Sandman graphic novels, he tells goodreads.com that he is really proud of it and it really did take 10 years of his life.
I started reading his Sandman graphic novels in junior college when a classmate of mine circulated all 10 parts of the complete series. These original publications are out of print. Instead, they can be bought in 2 volumes. Neil Gaiman says, ‘It’s collected in The Absolute Sandmans, which together weigh about 30 pounds, and if you drop them on somebody you will do serious damage. It definitely didn’t leave me thinking, “I need to write more giant things.”‘
I have the first volume. In a matter of time, I’ll acquire the remaining volume.
Another of his books that I’ve read is Good Omens – a hilarious collaboration with Terry Pratchett
I’m really glad that I can access Neil Gaiman’s virtual bookshelf on goodreads.com to see what books inspires him.
Read Neil Gaiman’s full interview here.
Miss Wynnie Kwok
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Ooo! Gonna tell my colleagues about this post, and this blog. Think it should be featured at the library teens blog (blogs.nlb.gov.sg/yo). I discovered this blog from a friend (does the name Kenneth Pinto ring a bell? heh)
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